New Dorp High School - Argonaut Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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The sfrengfh of democracy Iles vvufhun flue ummorfal words of Thomas Jefferson All men are creafed equal They form fhe ummovable foundafuon sfone of Amerucan freedom Egualufy luberfy fhe :deals for whuch our forefafhers vv llungly gave fheur luves sfull sfur fhe hearfs of a free people and leave fhem defermuned fo preserve fhe governmenf of fhe people by fhe people and for fhe people Thomas Jefferson made a noble guff fo '-Xmeruca when he sef forfh so clearly he pruncuples and deals for whuch we sfand un flue Declarafuon of Independence Today N6 are fughfung for fhose same rughfs lufe luberfy and flue pursuuf of happuness for whuch he foughf so long ago Oppressuon and fyranny are words whuch once fransformed unfo realufy and experuenced by a people can never perush Ameruca us nof daunfed never has been daunfed and never will be daunfed when any oppressor fhreafens de sfrucfuon because Ameruca us made up of people who are ready fo fzghf fo flue funush uf flue :deals sef forfh un fhe Declarafuon of Independence are endangered If a naflon such as ours as ruled by fhe people nfs success or faulure depends on flue abulufy of flue people fo acf wusely un choosung fheur rep resenfafuves and rulers The people musf have some form of educafuon uf fhey are fo acf prudenfly Buf sunce fhe malorufy of fhe cufuzens of fhe Unufed Sfafes fund fhemselves funancually unable fo meef fhe demands puf educafuon asude Thomas Jefferson was one of fhe fursf fo feel fhe need for a remedy of fhus sufuafuon and fo acf accordingly l-le advo cafed free educafuon for fhe people un general and he humself founded fhe Unuversufy of Vargnnua Today fhe plan vvhuch he sfarfed has expanded over fhe enfure Unufed Sfafes and fhe people are becomung more and more aware of fhe facf fhaf fhey are largely responsuble for fhe course wluuch fhe ruafuon falces In domesfuc and forengn affaurs Ameruca has been called fhe melfung pol of fhe world because of fhe many counfrues vvhuch are represenfed here Nof only do we fund a muxfure of nafuonalufy buf also duversufued opunuons on relugrous obluoa fuofus Durung a war a nafuon musf be unufed uf vucfory us fo be achleved and one of fhe greafesf hundrances fo fhus unufy us relnguous preguduce Thomas Jefferson playeo a greaf parf ln moldlng publuc opunuon on fhls ublecf l-le wrofe fhe Qfafufe of Reluguous Freedom for Vurgunua and ef an example for every sfafe fo ennulafe Today we are un fhe fhroes of war and fhls nafuoru can acf much more effuclenfly uf If pufs nnfo prac fuce flue splruf of reluguous folerance whuclu characferuzed Jefferson so well 7 u I T 1 + 4 - ' of privafe educaflon, fhey musf safisfy fhe mosf urgenf needs firsf and

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Jefferson, Jrhe rover of rioerry, had +he vision or a qiorlous and free America and spenr his life accomphshing h3s dream. VVe are ar a hme In rhe hisrory of America when The pficeress he-nrage of our ancesrcrs ecomes dea er and nearer To us and we come +o a quick reahzahon 4 whar lnce wourd be wrrhour 1+ Whar we owe To Jerferson un securuncg so arqe a share of +hus rch henraqe r u cannor whohy be measur d r words our rn The consecrahon of our 'rv s uphordrnq has qrear demo rahc prrncrpres we may prove rhaf has farrh rn rhe common man was and as nor rn vam X1 e are rhe peocre rhe peopie m whom Jehrerson ao so nnuch conhdence If ns our +as4 To make rhrs fand for which Jehfer son dad so much safe for our posr run We musr abandon all rhose mmor differences of race and rehguon whrch Jefferson so despised and as a huge body af peopre unared rn a common cause we musr see rhar rhus wodd ns made are wfor democracy STEPHEN QIMMONS WN 3,3 f- 5 Q rg fl -',J.-. FT KQJH 'ix 2 PQ? eq-Ssmgkefggs-XXQQQML 1 7' RJJ- QWQMNQSWWEL RCgkg Qbzwiii H-jj 1 h ' R : or s. , e 'rw r I 1 ' In QI 1 ' x - Em' . .H V W 1 , h .Q V h r ' h . ' 7 . ' ', ' Q ' ' s . I I F -2 .5 lj! N, KA NN i s ,V V xx K X fd of a t ' f D If jf X T-14-W,-I QfQ!QLxl L'Si!!l b E . X .y i s 'N' 7 f Y 'H . Xxx J J K D g 1 - i 'rf- , Q kc K X X If Q x ' t 1 4 rl ht kr ? , M .f r f M r,l .-Q f k K j ,QL RZ jf Lux W ,. ar mf Mflfli , -- --rf' cars? x. Q' -qefxgv'